Tag: Rik Logtenberg

Nelson city council is moving ahead with a permissive tax exemption (PTE) for Granite Pointe Golf Course, while also planning a broader discussion about the future of the golf course lands.

For eight years, Rik Logtenberg has watched what he calls misinformation and personal attacks play out online. Now, as Nelson prepares for another municipal election, he worries what the toxicity he describes could mean for local democracy.

A group of Nelson pickleball players want the city to make the sport more accessible by installing permanent public nets at Lakeside Park. 

Nelson city council members elected in October will not see a pay increase, after current council members approved a motion to maintain salaries.

Nelson property owners are facing a 7.75 per cent tax increase this year.  

The City of Nelson celebrated the grand opening of its Victoria Street Transit Exchange on Tuesday, marking the completion of a project that's already been in use since June.

Rural Nelson Hydro customers are facing a nearly 16 per cent rate hike next year that the utility says it has little power to prevent.

Nelson city council has voted in favour of approving a one-year permissive tax exemption for the Granite Pointe Golf and Recreation Society, following a lengthy debate over community benefit, fairness and the future of the golf course lands.